If you appreciate fine meat with a wonderful aroma, that looks great, melts in your mouth and is full of flavor, then you can appreciate all the effort Gary Bardine puts into his award winning meats.

Gary Bardine has brought home more than 250 awards from both the Pennsylvania Association of Meat Processors (PAMP) and the American Association of Meat Processors (AAMP) competitions since 2002. Entries in these competitions are judged anonymously by meat scientists and other industry experts.  They seek to find meat products that exhibit the highest caliber of quality, excellent craftsmanship, superior flavor, and eye appeal possible.

In July 2007, Gary Bardine brought home four more plaques from the American Cured Meat Championships. 746 products were entered into 26 classes at the AAMP-sponsored competition.  Gary topped 37 other entries to win the Grand Champion award for his lightweight bacon.  He also took honors for his ring bologna and won Reserve Grand Champion for his lightweight bone-in ham and a Champion designation for a large diameter luncheon meat entry.

In 2008, instead of entering the PAMP competition, Gary served as distinguished judge, actively supporting the meat industry and the members of PAMP and AAMP.

More information about these competitions and award criteria can be found at http://www.aamp.com/meetings/ACMC.asp and http://www.pameatprocessors.org/processed_products_competition.htm

2018	2016
American Association of Meat Processors Cured Meats Hall of Fame – 2018	American Cured Meat Championship Champion - Smoked Turkey 2016
American Cured Meat Championship - 2018	American Cured Meat Championship Reserve Grand Champion - Braunschweiger 2016
Grand Champion – Heavy Weight Bone-in Ham 2018	American Cured Meat Championship Reserve Grand Champion - Ham Boneless Commercial 2016
Grand Champion – Restructured Jerky 2018	American Cured Meat Championship Reserve Champion - Frankfurters/Weiners Emulsified 2016
Champion – Meat Snack Sticks 2018	American Cured Meat Championship Reserve Champion - Jerky Whole Muscle 2016
Reserve Grand Champion – Bacon Lightweight 2018	2015
	American Cured Meat Championships – 2015
Reserve Grand Champion – Meat Snack Sticks Flavored 2018
	American Cured Meat Championship Grand Champion - Country Bacon 2015
2017
American Cured Meat Championship Grand Champion - Country Bacon - Dry Cured 2017	American Cured Meat Championship Reserve Grand Champion - Andouille Sausage 2015
American Cured Meat Championship Reserve Champion - Frankfurters/Weiners Emulsified 2017	American Cured Meat Championship Reserve Grand Champion - Restructured Jerky 2015
American Cured Meat Championship Grand Champion - Andouille Sausage 2017	American Cured Meat Championship Grand Champion - Lightweight Bone In Ham 2015
American Cured Meat Championship Grand Champion - Ham Bone In Heavyweight 2017	American Cured Meat Championship Grand Champion - Heavyweight Bone In Ham 2015
American Cured Meat Championship Grand Champion - Jerky Restructured 2017	American Cured Meat Championship Best of Show 2015 – Bacon
American Cured Meat Championship Reserve Grand Champion - Bacon Heavyweight 2017